Associate Professor
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies - Department of Sociology
Key Areas of Expertise
- Sexuality studies
- Transgender studies
- Queer theatre
- Psychoanalysis and sexuality
- Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
- History of psychoanalysis
- Sigmund Freud
For more information go to
Faculty of LAPS Profile
Sheila Cavanagh Website
Globe and Mail - The next frontier for human rights: the humble public toilet
Toronto Star - Toronto’s flush with unisex washrooms
Toronto Star - The realm between “he” and “she”
The Daily Beast - Can porn be feminist?
YouTube - Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination
The Globe and Mail - Everyone goes: Why it's time to reimagine sex-segregated washrooms
The New Yorker - The Politics of Bathrooms
Metro News - Gender-neutral bathrooms: Treating people with respect shouldn’t have to be legislated
CBC News - Gender-neutral washrooms at the Royal Ontario Museum reflect changing times
Vox - It’s not just transgender people: public restrooms have bred fear for centuries
Awards
Outstanding Scholarship Prize – Honourable Mention for "Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination" - 2012
Canadian Women's Studies Association
Patron’s Pick Award for play "The Queer Bathroom Monologues" - 2011
Toronto Fringe Festival
GLBT Indie Book Award – Finalist for "Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination" - 2011
Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group
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